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23.01.2007, 21:27
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Hi, Can anyone tell me what is the German word for self-raising flour? I was looking at the flour section at Migros and I can't seem to tell from the pictures on the packaging!!  Thanks!
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23.01.2007, 21:35
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| | Re: German word for self-raising flour?
We don't have it.
You have to buy "Backpulver" and normal flour.
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23.01.2007, 21:39
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oooohhh nnoo!!  Thanks Kittster!!
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23.01.2007, 22:00
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For every pain, there's a relief! We have got heaps of it on stock...
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23.01.2007, 22:07
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not trying to do Evolver out of a sale, but if you want to make your own self-raising flour then it's 2 level teaspoons of baking powder to every 8 ozs flour - sift together and bingo!
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23.01.2007, 22:21
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Shall I mention that Yahoo group for this one as well?
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23.01.2007, 22:26
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| | Re: German word for self-raising flour? | Quote: | |  | | | Shall I mention that Yahoo group for this one as well? | | | | | it's only been asked about 743 times on the Y&h00 group, hasn't it?
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23.01.2007, 22:34
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| | Re: German word for self-raising flour? | Quote: | |  | | | it's only been asked about 743 times on the Y&h00 group, hasn't it? | | | | | I doubt it would even help making this post sticky. | 
24.01.2007, 01:06
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| | Re: German word for self-raising flour?
Hi, as fahr as I know there is selfraising flour in the Migros but only whole grain. its called Körnerbrot mit Hefe. Probably not what you need though
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07.03.2007, 17:33
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Hi,
Here's a really girly question about cake baking..
I'm looking for some self-raising flour. .. preferably 'OO' flour if it exists in Switzerland.
I went down to my local Migros and found about 10 different types with so many different names that didn't make any sense to me.
Can anyone shed any light?
Hayley
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07.03.2007, 17:36
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| | Re: Baking cakes and flour | Quote: | |  | | | Hi,
Here's a really girly question about cake baking..
I'm looking for some self-raising flour. .. preferably 'OO' flour if it exists in Switzerland.
I went down to my local Migros and found about 10 different types with so many different names that didn't make any sense to me.
Can anyone shed any light?
Hayley | | | | | Doesn't exist - you'll need plain flour and then add baking powder - but even that isn't as strong as the stuff you get in the UK so add more than the packet says to get a self-raising equivalent. It's a very imprecise science and involves quite a lot of hit and miss. Otherwise, order some from the people at the expat shop.
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07.03.2007, 18:56
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Another baking question. Where do you find baking yeast here - I've searched from end to end of both Migros and Coop. I suppose I could ask, but don't know the right German word. Maybe I've walked right past it, I'm used to finding it in little packets or jars.
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07.03.2007, 19:02
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yeast is called "die Hefe" and there's two different kinds widely available: refrigerated, fresh yeast and the dry kind. The refrigerated one is usually in little packets on the same grocery shelf as ready-made puff pastry, pie crust, cookie dough and all that. I think the dry kind is in the same aisle as flour, sugar and other non-perishable baking stuff.
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07.03.2007, 19:15
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| | Re: Baking cakes and flour | Quote: | |  | | | Hi,
Here's a really girly question about cake baking..
I'm looking for some self-raising flour. .. preferably 'OO' flour if it exists in Switzerland.
I went down to my local Migros and found about 10 different types with so many different names that didn't make any sense to me.
Can anyone shed any light?
Hayley | | | | | Have a look at this similar thread: http://www.englishforum.ch/other-gen...ing-flour.html | 
07.03.2007, 20:05
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Had the same problem a few weeks ago when I went in search of flour.
you will find 'poudre à lever`. I used one pack for a batch of muffins, and they rose perfectly.
Now brown flour, that's a whole different story!
It's difficult trying to apply recipes from home to ingredients from here. For baking it needs to be exact to work!
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08.03.2007, 09:00
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| | Re: Baking cakes and flour
I use regular plain flour with baking powder - works fine. There are a couple of recipes on my site - we specialise in cake decorating supplies: www.back-art.ch | 
08.03.2007, 10:36
| | Re: German word for self-raising flour?
Hi guys,
Well, actually, I kind of had two questions in one here...
ok , so I have bought some poudre a lever for the rising part of the Q.
The other part was about this finer grade of flour. I found out yesterday that 'OO' flour in swiss french is called 'farrine fleur'.. I went to the local coop in the end and on the shelf marked 'farrine fleur', they had 'farrine blanche' or something like this. I was told that the equivalent of 'farrine fleur' in italian was something to do with triple 'O's so I think that's what I was looking for.. but I don't know if the stuff I bought in coop was exactly that. Nevermind. I guess it will still work fine.
Hayley
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08.03.2007, 12:35
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You find self-raising flour in most asian grocery shops. To find out where they are, do a search on the forum for asian grocery shops
Cheers,
~ Nanda.
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11.03.2007, 23:50
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Interesting tip.. ! Thanks Nanda!
Actually, in the end, i wented down to my local coop and got the flour and levure from there.. just made the cake this afternoon. delicious...mmmm
Hayley
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27.09.2007, 20:50
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After some frustration with baking bread, this is what I have come up with.  yes .. know! Hope it is of use ... any comments or contributions are welcome, as I haven't tested all the flours http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dd65k8p4_0dqp88t
ciao Paula
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